Na Contracorrente dos Recursos Hidricos: Água e Ambiente no Brasil Contemporâneo (Portuguese Edition)

The book discusses the implementation of the new water legislation in Brazil and includes examples from different sectors and Brazilian regions. Water management and regulation as considered politicised and contested issues, which have close association with the trajectory of economic growth and national development. The alternatives to old and new water problems require a critical assessment of the causes and consequences of interventions and decisions made by the state and water users.